WorksheetsPrefixes and Suffixes in English
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which prefix means "against or opposed to"?
ver
-ant
en-/em-
counter-/contra-/
contro-
Which prefix means "to put in or into"?
cred
en-/em-
re-
-ant/-ent
To say something that is opposite or against what someone else said is to ________ it.
contradict
controversial
verify
credulous
Which suffix means "having the quality of"?
-less
-ful
contra-/counter-/
contro-
-ant/-ent
Which prefix means "again"?
ver
-less
re-
-ful
Someone who has no worries or concerns is:
credulous
predominant
careful
careless
Someone who is CREDULOUS is:
easily tricked or convinced
not easily tricked or convinced
able to be believed or trusted
the most common or most powerful
Something that is PREDOMINANT is:
very firm or impossible to persuade
not common
very common
controversial
Which type of opinion would be CONTROVERSIAL?
An opinion that many people disagree with or are opposed to
An opinion that everyone agrees on
To be CREDIBLE means:
to bring into one's arms
to say the opposite or something or someone else
to be believable
to not be believable
Which of these things would a person NOT EMBRACE?
a relative
a visitor
an enemy
a child
The root word "ver" means:
to be full of
to be without
to do again
truth
Which word means "the quality of being truthful or honest"?
endanger
veracity
verify
embrace
Which word would mean the OPPOSITE of keeping safe or protecting?
embrace
verify
endanger
credible
The weather CONTRADICTS the forecast when it is _______ what was predicted.
the same as
the opposite or different from
Which two word parts are related or similar to one another?
em-/ver
ver/cred
contro-/-ant
re-/-ful
Which prefix means "again"?
-ant/-ent
re-
ver
cred
A prefix goes at the ____________ of a word.
end
middle
beginning
Which word part goes at the END of a word?
prefix
root
suffix
Which word part can be in the beginning OR the middle of a word?
prefix
root
suffix
